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i FOlDDlING-GUNVEYER SUPPORT.

,application filed. June 10, i922. Serial No. 567,320.

To all whom t 'may concern:

lle it known that l, ARTHUR J. Therrien a citizen of the llnited States oitraxnerica,

residing at `leoria, in the county oll Peoria and State oi illinois, have invented certain new and useiiu'l improvements in Folding- Conveyer Supports, ot which the itollowinp,l is a speciiication. p

My invention relates to conveyers adapted to be used in connection with threshing machines. f

'llhe invention has` special reference to `a folding conveyen` comprising a receiving,` and deliveryv section, adapted specially l'for use in connection with :feeders tor threshingz; machines. z s v My `invention is `specially directed to a support -it'or a conveyer, when extended,

including a relationing of parts, that,:

through extension oit the latter.,` relative intei'doclred adiustinent oli members et the support will cause the conveyer to be inanitained ,in the desired supported and entended.- position, but operable, through inere depression ol the outer end ot the receiving section olf the conve-yer, to relieve the inter- `locked supporting relationship mentioned,

toperrnit the coiiveyei' sections to be folded. together` andto be supported 'in an elevated 'position` rllhe invention, also` .includes detailed struc tural parts, relative tashioning and arrange-- nient of the saine and combination of parts hereinat'ter more particularly indicated.

ln the drawings, Figure l, is a `side. elevation, showing ythe iforward portion oit .a

`threshing1 machine and ka conveyer in extended and folded positions.. i i

Figure Q, is a detailed plan view of the supportingi member for a conveyer. Figure 3, is a side elevation showingthe samesubject matter as that disclosed in Figure 2.

`Figurel, isan end view showing' the same structural. subject matter as disclosed in lligrures 2 and 3.

`lligiure 5, is a detailed view olportions of the conveyer lines said sections extended, and in dotted lines, a relative folding oit the saine.

Figure 6, is a sectional iView on the line u-a oli Figure 5.

Figure?, is a detailed plan view of a modi lied torni oi a support for a conveyer and the manner o'lrelationing the `saine thereto.

. vever sections,` and includino sections, showing' i in solid Figure 8, is a detailed side elevation show-` ing the saine subject matter as shown in Figure 7.

llligure 9, is an end view showing the saine subject matter` ot disclosure as that in Fig;n ures and 8 and, Y

ligure l0, is a sideA elevation, also showi ing the inodil'ied structure disclosed in Fig ure 2,with an extended showingoli the structure and relationship oli parts over that of said Figure 2.

Both prior patents and the practical art disclose sectional convevers,` adapted to be supported ina mannerto permit relative extension of the sections comprising` said conveyor, and to permit folding ot the in position to be conveniently carried in connection with a threshing` machine. Also thel prior art mentioned, discloses conveyer supports comprising,` a reach lor bar inein- Aber, pivotally connected to training menibers ci? a threshing machine and also, conn nected in a pivotal manner with a supple` ine-ntary :trainingattached to `said coiiveyer section, such pivoting` to the supplementary framing portion, beingin oit-centered relationship to the hinged center ot the con a relationli of said parts, that, when the `conveyer s extended, the supporting members will be relatively positioned to torni an interlock, effective to stop and hold` the conveyer in a desired normal workable position and including a breaking of the locked relation oil. `the ,supporting `parts by mere depression of the rearward `end ofthe receiving` section, whereby said sections may be folded together. l am not, however, aware ot any structure being,` employed to attain the results mentioned, that includes the combination oit parts here presented, which gains the result or' greater simplicity and cheapness of structure, as well as the very material result oil being' able to told the Sections into substantiallyV contact relation, as distinguished from 'the `necessary spaced relationship otparts that results :trom the eniploynient, as indicated in the prior-patent and practical art, ot a supplementary 'train` ing' appliedto and eXtf-inding` from the re-` ceivino' section to` which the su 31 ortinfr bar 23 t:

nieinber is attached.

ln the drawings refers generally to standard threshingl machine parte and lll, to irai-.ning nieinbeis ot a :iranieivoil*7 includi ie 1 inafter be referred to as a trame 9.

nection therebetween.

ing similar and connected parts on the opposite side of the machine, which will herelO, refers generally to a conveyer, comprising receiving sections l1 and 12, hinged together by means of the link 13, its opposed end being pivotally connected respectively as at let and l5, with the receiving and delivery sections of the conveyer. rllhe forward end ol1 the conveyer is pivotally connected with the thresher body as at i6. li", is: a bracket extended from vthe rear end of the conveyer', there being a similar bracket on the opposite side, and lSrefers generally to framing con- 19, shows a conventional draper or lcarrier element, suitably supported upon and driven -trom, related sprocket members. y

Our 'preferred form of support for the conveyer includes reach members 20 and 2l, pivoted respectively, member 2G to trame B,fa-s at 22, andmember 2i., to the receiviim,` section of theconveyer at 23, said reach members beingpivoted together as at in oilcentered relationship to the pivoting center 14, of the linlr 13, with the delivery section 112, ofthe conveyer. Reach member 2l, is provided Awith the rearwardly extending and integrally connected stop member 25, which liesrnormally in contact relation with the lower body portion of receiving section ll. The relationship oi the supporting member, comprising reach members 2O and 2l, `with the frame and receiving section ll, is such, that their' combined length is slightly greater than that of the distance between pivot -points 22 and 23 'thereojt' respectively, with the frame 9 and section ll, when the conveyer sections are extended so that, as a practical result of such relationing, when the sections are so extended, the weight of the reachmembers causes the pivot point 24C, therebetween, to lie slightly below aline drawn through the centers of pivots 22 and v23, thereby, in conjunction with the stop member 25, effecting an interloclred support 'for the conveyer in its normal work` mg position.

' When it-is desired to fold the conveyer for convenience inv transportation the interlocked position of the supporting members for theconveyer may be broken by merely applying pressure downward upon transverse flaming member 18, at the outer extremity of receiving section il, thereby eifecting a turning of the section upon its pivotal center, which causes stop member 25, to be depressed with a corresponding elevation of attached reach member 2l., which causes the pivoting center o'f the connected.Y

rea-ch members'to be raised to a point above a line through the centers oft pivots 22 and 23, thereby relieving the interlock between said members and permitting the sections to be turned upon the pivoting' centers i4 and l5, to a folded relationship and to he mauually forced into the position shown in dotted lines in Figure l. lVhen thc sections are so folded together, they are designed to be supported, in the dotted line position shown, through and by means ot' hoolvt; members QV. on reach members 20 (there being provided similar reach members 20 aud 2l, and stop member 25, on the opposite side ot the conveye1,) engaging a cross framing member as at 27.

l have shown in Figures 7, S, 9 aud lll. :i modied term o'l'Y the conveyer supporting structure, wherein reach members Q0 and 2lb, are in the same 'torni and 'for the Same relationship to a trame member and the rcceiving section ot a conveyer, except that the stop member 25, shown in the preferred form, hereinbelforedescribed, is omitted and a special hooked stop member 25" is provided, having connection directly with the` receiving section ll and adapted, through its hooked portion, to Form a sul'il'iorting seat tor reach member 2li. when the conveyer .sections are extended and the reach members are in locked supporting position.

So far as simplicity of structure and operative result are concerned`v the two'structnms are quite similar and it is not thought necessary to further enlarge upon thermodified structure description,

That I claim is:

l. In a device ot the class described, in combination, a frame support, a conveyer pivoted thereto, comprising delivery and 111,- ceiving sections hinged together, a support comprising reach members, their outer ends pivoted respectively to the frame and the receiving conveyer sections, and their inner ends pivoted together in off-centered relationship with respect to the hinged center of the conveyer sections, ilu-ludingr a relati ning of the support to the trame'and conveyer, that, when the latter is extended the pivoting center of the reach members of' the support will lie below a plane through the centers of the pivotal connection of the support with the frame and receiving conveyer section, and means for holding the reach m mbers in such off-centered relation when the conveyer sections are extended, including a relationing of said holding means to the receiving conveyer section, that. depres` sing movement oit the latter will relieve the interlocked relation between the support and the conveyer, whereby the latter vmay be folded into carrying position in connection with the frame.

2 In a device of the class described, in combination, a. frame support. a conveyer pivoted thereto, comprising delivery and rcceiving sections hinged together, a support comprising reach members hingedly related, its opposed ends pivoted respectively lo the frame and the receiving conveyer sections,

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l ifnineti end menne for maintaining the reach mem bers in oitoentered relationship, When the conveyer sections Iere extended, including e reletioning et seid means rto the receiving section :ind e member of the Snpport,"where by 'folding movement in'iperted to the rece1v mig Section, will relieve tlm lnterlocled supM porting relation of the Snpporting member7 to permit continued :folding `action oi the section A 3 In e device of the classdescribed, in

combination, e mein `treme, e conveyer treme hinged to the mein frame, comprising` delivery and receiving' sections `hinged together, e supporting member, its ends connected respectively with the treme and the receiving conveyer section, comprising reeeh portions pivoted together in ojlicentered re-` lzttionwith respect to the hinged center of the connected conveyer sections, and means,

inelnding` the reletioning; ofthe supporting member to the frame and conveyer, for mein taining the members'oit the support in ollset relation, with respect `to end `pivoting centers, 'when seid conveyer seetioiisere en tended, seid meene, zileo, including` the ee,- pebility ot adjusting seid reach nler'nbere` through physical depressing action applied to the outer end oit the delivery seetionot the "conveyer, 'whereby the sections may be l ilolded together 4L. ln e.. device oli the clase described, in com binetiom n, main lreme, e conveyer 'treme hingedrto the mein trmne,eoinprising delivery enel recerring eectione hinged together, e support comprising' pivoted` reach mem bers, ite opposed einleeonnected respectively with the treme and the receiving section ol? the eonveyer, end ineens Jfor maintaining ARTHUR J. HARTLEY. 

